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* In ''[[Star Trek]]'', almost anybody in Starfleet Command has been away from the sharp end for far too long.
** In the ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|DeepSpaceNineDeep Space Nine]]'' episode "The Maquis", Sisko complains that his superiors back on Earth will never understand the grievances of the Federation colonists because Earth is a paradise.
*** Sisko manages to avoid becoming one when he has a major strategic operations role during the early Dominion War.
** In the episodes [http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Homefront_(episode) Homefront] and [http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Paradise_Lost_(episode) Paradise Lost], an admiral who nearly topples the UFP government says politicians are armchair military.